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Bowie Knives: Then and Now

Bowie Knives: Then and Now

There are a lot of stories about how the bowie knife came about.   Bowie Knife was named following a famous soldier, land speculator, slave trader, gambler named Colonel James Bowie.  The story goes that James was in a fight in 1826 where a sheriff named Norris Wright fired at James at point blank range but the bullet was deflected and James survived the encounter. Following the fight, James’ brother Rezin Bowie gave James a huge knife that resembled a large butcher knife.  Many believe that James’ brother Rezin Bowie actually developed the knife and commissioned the 1st 1 to be made and not James Black, an Arkansas blacksmith as others claim.

James’Bowie had been involved in a well-known fight where his knife had been of great support to him. All those who witnessed the fight remembered Bowie’s “big butcher knife”. His fight was reported in newspapers around the country and the legend of Jim Bowie and his Bowie knife was born. Men and women everywhere wanted a Bowie knife and countless versions of a variety of sizes and styles had been created by countless cutlers and blacksmiths.

Considering that then, the well-known knife has been redesigned and popularized in Hollywood movies like “The Iron Mistress” and numerous books and Television shows.  In the late 1970s, Bowie knives with saw teeth machined into the back side of the blade have had a particular popularity amongst collectors, possibly due to the appearance of such a knife in the 1st Rambo film with Sylvester Stallone. Knives with this feature are still becoming created and sold, usually called “survival knives” and incorporating a hollow manage that can theoretically be utilized to carry assorted survival gear, of quality ranging from the excellent to the quite poor. Nowadays,  practically any knife with a blade much more than a few inches lengthy and a clip point is typically called a Bowie knife. For that reason, the Bowie knife deserves a part in knife history as 1 of the most famous and often copied knives in the world.

Right now, Bowie Knife comes with handles created of wood, bone, leather or gold, in lengths ranging from miniature to near brief sword size. Handles have finger holds and brass plated guards and pommels.

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